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#Repost///@wearebreitbart: Britain’s National Grid has announced it is firing up two coal-fired reserve power plants as a winter snap and lack of wind leave the country facing blackouts amid a general energy crisis. “We’ve issued a notification to warm two winter contingency coal units,” the Grid said in a statement posted to social media, expressing hope that the measure “should give the public confidence in Monday’s energy supply.” “This notification is not confirmation that these units will be used on Monday, but that they will be available to the ESO [Electricity System Operator], if required,” they added. Much of Britain’s fossil fuel-powered domestic generating capability and especially its coal-powered domestic generating capability has been significantly eroded in recent years. The nominally Conservative government has been pursuing a Net Zero green agenda that emphasises so-called renewables such as wind and importing energy from Continental Europe — which does not count towards the national carbon emissions targets — via subsea interconnectors, but with the wind not blowing reliably and Continental nations enduring their own energy issues Britain is in a precarious position.